Tapestries

Tapestries

Author: Betty K. Staley

Publisher: Rudolf Steiner College Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780945803980

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Tapestries uncovers the unique patterns that you weave throughout life. At a time of immense interest in biography, here is a unique set of keys to understanding the pattern and rhythms of your life. The unfolding phases of life are presented as the 'warp' of personal growth. You are invited to consider the 'shuttle' of the threads you use as the 'weft' of your life story. These threads include your temperament, gender, love, family, ethnicity, birth order, and developing relationships. A vivid picture of adult growth is presented. You can follow twelve very different people and their stories as they go through each life phase and wonder what will happen next. You can consider how you would respond to the choices they face. Life's dilemmas are explored: career versus parenting and choices related to old age. This opens up options: which roads to take in life and encouragement to reflect.


The Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns

The Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns

Author: Carol Strickler

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 1991-11-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 093402667X

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This must-have draft book contains almost 1000 different patterns on more than 25 weave structures. Introductory chapters provide a thorough understanding of how each structure works.


The Handweaver's Pattern Directory

The Handweaver's Pattern Directory

Author: Anne Dixon

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2007-10-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1596680407

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A comprehensive introduction to the tools, equipment, fibers, and yarns used with four-shaft looms, this reference features patterns for 600 different weaves, including twill, zigzag, diamond, herringbone, and block. Color photographs and large-scale drawings allow weavers to closely examine the details, and the compact size and lay-flat binding is convenient for keeping near the loom. A handbook that is essential for all four-shaft weavers, this manual includes weaving basics, specialized projects organized by degree of difficulty, finishing techniques, resources, and a glossary of terms.


The Art of Weaving a Life

The Art of Weaving a Life

Author: Susan Barrett Merrill

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780764352645

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With more than 120 beautiful color photos, this guide introduces how the simple art of weaving can help each of us--whether we are weavers or not--to build our inner life. The goal is to recognize, receive, and live in harmony with your own deepest truths. Using a system of seven "keyforms" that span cultures, ranging from an amulet to a mask to a belt of power, the growth process is explored in depth. Instructions for seven symbolic keyform projects help beginners to use tapestry weaving techniques, and help seasoned weavers to find new dimensions in their work. To put it in weaving terms, the inner life is like the vertical warp on a loom. The weft of our daily activities weaves through our inner values and beliefs with each moment. The Weaving a Life process has been used successfully by weavers and spinners, psychotherapists, nurses, hospice workers, educators, artists, and youth leaders, as well as by countless individuals who seek a deeper vision for their lives.


Pattern Weaving

Pattern Weaving

Author: Rabbit Goody

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0811748847

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Basic steps needed to weave luxurious fabrics on a foot-treadle handloom.


Threads Around the World

Threads Around the World

Author: Deb Brandon

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11-28

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780764356506

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Handmade textiles are personal, no matter where in the world they're created, and these photos and explanations of 25 diverse world cultures' techniques vividly share the details. Take a voyage through these pages and see how today's artisans continue to create traditional fiber arts with age-old methods. Blending well-researched information, engaging style, and inspiration, the pages explore espadrilles, flatwoven rugs, mittens, voudou flags, mirror embroidery, and the histories they hold. This open-eyed approach will appeal to textile devotees, from the casually curious to professional artists, and to people who are interested in heritage crafts and diverse cultures. Brandon has written for more than a decade for WARP (Weave A Real Peace), anonprofit networking organization whose members are dedicated toimproving the quality of life of textile artisans in communities inneed.


The Ghost of Weaving

The Ghost of Weaving

Author: Freek Lomme

Publisher:

Published: 2018-03-09

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9789491677731

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A meditation on patterns or Considering life's productive patterns through the work of handcraft masters operating at the edge of abstraction.